YouTube became the world’s #1 media-sharing platform after failing as a video dating service. Play-Doh’s famous arts and crafts material was originally used to clean wallpapers. Wrigley’s chewing gum was just a marketing trick to promote baking powder. Discover these and other drastic shifts in business models and learn more about pivot in entrepreneurship.
The total number of websites in the world fluctuated between 1,106,671,903 and 1,146,976,964 in 2022-2023. Only 18% of all the websites out there are up and running. This means you can now visit around 200 million sites across the web.
The concept of insurance is not a modern invention. The Code of Hammurabi, one of the oldest legal texts, includes provisions for insurance. It dates back to 1750 BCE.
Before the rise and fall of Nokia as a mobile phone industry giant, it used to produce a whole bunch of different goods including paper, rubber boots and tires. Discover Nokia’s epic journey from a roll of toilet paper to the indestructible Nokia 3310 and beyond.
82% out of over a billion websites existing today are inactive. Unlike them, the first website in the world is still alive and kicking. You can check it out at its original URL right now.
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